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The Dangerous Speech Project argues that falsely claiming a border invasion could be even more dangerous than spewing hatred.

EL PASO, TEXAS — In this border city, the word “invasion” is particularly fraught.

EL PASO, TEXAS — In this border city, the word “invasion” is particularly fraught. Former President Donald Trump has long used it to characterize the flow of migrants to the southwestern border, recent surges of which have severely taxed the resources of the United States and Mexico. Recently, Trump also has called undocumented immigrants “not human” […] The post Politicians’ talk of a border ‘invasion’ is speech that experts say has...

EL PASO, TEXAS — In this border city, the word “invasion” is particularly fraught.

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JonathanTurley.org | March 28, 2024 Read more at https://jonathanturley.org/2024/03/28/fifth-circuit-blocks-texas-sb-4-and-rejects-the-invasion-theory-under-state-war-clause/ The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has blocked border enforcement by the state under Texas’s SB 4.  Many of us had predicted this result given the prior precedent of the Supreme Court on the federal preemption of state immigration laws. However, the opinion…

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NEW ORLEANS -- Texas plans to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. will remain on hold under a federal appeals court order that likely prevents enforcement of Republican Gov. Greg Abbotts new immigration law until a broader decision on whether it is legal.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has blocked border enforcement by the state under Texas's SB 4.  Many of us had predicted this result given the prior precedent of the Supreme Court on the federal preemption of state immigration laws. However, the opinion also rejected the invasion theory made by states…

In the process, the court also rejected Texas's argument that illegal migration and drug smuggling qualify as "invasion."